Senior Capstone Seminar: Conservation Biology

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Conservation biology is focused on scientific investigation of the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biodiversity. It relies on biological principles (from disciplines such as population genetics, biogeography, and community ecology) applied in the context of human-modified environments. In this seminar, students will read and discuss the primary literature in this field and gain an appreciation of the linkages of conservation problems across biological scales (genes to ecosystems) and geographical scales (local to global). Students will also prepare a review of research on a current conservation issue, and will practice with conservation planning and management tools.